ECO WORTH
WILDLIFE The natural blessings of the Worth site include its wildlife. There are a range of birds including Canada geese, kits and a goshawk that are regular visitors, a herd of deer and other toads, frogs and the like. There are also various protections in specific places for bats and dormice.
Worth is pushing forward with its eco credentials. Concern for the environment is spurred on by pupil enthusiasm; the Head Boy and Head Girl lead the Common Home Committee which is a group of pupils and staff who explore and put forward practical solutions. Recent years have seen the introduction of better recycling, a reduction of single use plastic and ongoing discussions regarding the source and impact of our food.
ABBEY/MONASTIC COMMUNITY Worth Abbey is a community of some 20 Roman Catholic
SCHOOL Worth is known for offering education with heart and soul. We are a friendly school with academic ambition, increasingly over-subscribed to join our community of 640 boys and girls aged from 11 to 18. Worth offers GCSE/iGCSE, pre-IB in Year 11, A Levels or IB in Sixth Form, all taught by inspirational teachers. Pastoral care is outstanding and the co-curricular programme is packed with over 132 activities on offer. The School welcomes pupils of all faiths and none.
Benedictine monks, dedicated to truly seeking God and following the guidance of the Rule of St Benedict. Monks seek to live out the Gospel not as isolated individuals (modern individualism is foreign to Benedict’s way of thinking), but as members of a community.
SITE DEVELOPMENTS A new-build facility, the Spencer building, was opened at the start of the Summer Term 2022. The building offers a new school library, Sixth Form Centre with classrooms and offices for staff as well as a student common room, and a large multi-purpose space. The building has been made possible by a generous gift from alumnus Baron Spencer of Alresford. A new Biomass plant which provides heat and hot water to the School went live in October last year. Not only has it given good, reliable heating and plenty of hot water, it has also meant that we haven’t used a single drop of heating oil over the winter. Major projects for Summer 2022 include work on the Church roof and the transformation of the top floor of the teaching block classrooms and new IT Suite. There is also a range of maintenance work underway around the site. Longer term, next on the list for School development will be a new sports complex and then a new STEM centre.
SCHOOL ETHOS
The School has six values which we live by:
Community – choose community
Humility – celebrate others
Stewardship – leave it better than you found it
Silence – listen more than you talk
Worship – have an attitude of gratitude
Service – serve your heart out
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